Produced by Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski, this two-disc celebration of sea shanties features Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Sean Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Dr. John, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and many more renowned artists. Cooked up on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean, the original collection was hailed as "a strong album with heart as well as ideas" by the New York Times and "a revelatory folk-sequel" that includes "Leaving of Liverpool," "River, Come Down," "Row, Bullies, Row," "Pirate Jenny," "The Mermaid," "Ye Mariners All," "Shenandoah," "Jack Tar on Shore," "In Lure of the Tropics," and "Missus McGraw"—36 songs in all.

"Relevant and underappreciated folk music."—Chicago Tribune

"[Here are] the hard-driving, participatory shanties of work, the sociable sea songs of the dog-watches at rest (if you were lucky), and even the songs sung by those who knew and loved sailors and the maritime world at home."—song historian Jeanne McDougall